Buttonhole for wearing-apparel.



G. W. T. DAVIES.

BUTTONHOLE FOB. WEARING APPAREL.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 1,1910.

997,906. Patented July 11,1911.

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CHARLES W. T. DAVIES, OF YORK, N. Y.

BUTTONHOLE FOR WEARING-APPAREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1911.

Application filed July 1, 1910. Serial No. 569,953.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. T. DA- VIES, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at New York, county of New York, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButtonholes for Tearing-Apparel, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to buttonholes for articles of wearing apparel.

The present invention has for its object the provision of a guardedbuttonhole of novel arrangement and construction for use on any articleof wearing apparel where it is desired to button together differentparts, its purpose being to confine the bar, link, shank, or shaft of astud or button, after penetration of its enlarged head, to a restrictedspace and, also, to provide a much larger aperture than usual for theeasy entry of an enlarged head, with subsequent guarding of the apertureand seeurement of the bar, link, shank, or post of the fastener therein.

The invention may be applied to various articles of wearing apparel andvariously modified, but it is particularly adapted for use on cufis.

The invention may be carried out in the manner set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 shows a cuff provided with a tabattached to one margin of the buttonhole and thrown back; and Figs. 2and 3, modifications of Fig. 1.

The cuff 1 has a narrow buttonhole 13 extending inwardly from its marginto receive the shank of the cuff button and there is provided, in anysuitable manner, a tab 14, 15, or 16 at one margin of the buttonholewhich is adapted to be folded across the buttonhole after the entrytherein of the cuff button shank, to retain the cuff button in lockedposition at the inner end of the buttonhole.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let'- ters Patent, is:

An article of wearing apparel provided with an open-ended buttonholehaving its sides spaced apart throughout its length, said article havinga fixedly secured flexible member positioned and constructed to overlapthe buttonhole and define a constricted portion thereof and to closelylock the shank of a stud within the constricted portion.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES W. T. DAVIES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

